She was born to inherit privilege, yet chose to claim a life of her own.
At the turn of the twentieth century, Lady Elizabeth Lingford, daughter of an Earl, is expected to marry well and uphold tradition. But from the stables of Lingford Manor to the lecture halls of Oxford, Elizabeth longs for more.
Against her family's wishes and society's disapproval, she abandons the drawing rooms of a fading estate to pursue the forbidden dream of medicine. Living through two world wars, a deadly pandemic, and personal heartbreak, Elizabeth's journey is one of defiance, resilience, and sacrifice as she tends to the common people of the soot-stained streets of industrial England.
Guided by her unyielding will, and shaped by the strength of those who walked beside her-family, friends, colleagues, and the five men who quietly mentored her, Elizabeth gives everything to fight for the right to heal in a world that believed women unfit for such a task.
Dr. Elizabeth Lingford's story is a sweeping saga of love, loss, and the fierce determination to forge a destiny against all odds.